By: Prof. Usman Yusuf The nation went to bed on Monday 28th March 2022 shocked and saddened by the tragic attack by terrorists on the Abuja-Kaduna train that resulted in senseless loss of many innocent lives and kidnappings of many some of whom I know personally. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of…
‘ Caption- Chief Executive Officer, Lagos Free Zone (LFZ), Dinesh Rathi (left); Business Development Manager, LFZ, Chinju Nwankwo-Udora and Chief Technical Officer, Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise Limited, Steven Heukelom during the media parley organised by LFZ at its’ office in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos. The Lagos Free Zone (LFZ) has said about $3.5 billion would have…
By Ash Jain Following US President Joe Biden’s speech in Warsaw last week, the media largely focused on his offhand comments on whether Russian President Vladimir Putin should remain in power. In doing so, they overlooked the deeper strategic significance of Biden’s remarks about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Biden described the brazen assault not only as a threat to…
USAID Administrator Power with NPR’s Scott Simon at the Skoll Foundation’s 2022 Skoll World Forum. During the conversation she reflects on events happening around the world, along with her vision for working with more local organizations SCOTT SIMON: You’ve been at the border, Ukraine and Poland, you’re in a good position to tell us, what’s the…
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dragged the party and presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar to a Federal High Court in Abuja over issue of zoning in the forthcoming 2023 elections. The complainant, a senior citizen from Kaduna North, Isa Taidi, pointed out that Chapter 1, Part 7 (3 C) of the PDP…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has discharged and acquitted Former minister of Interior, Senator Abba Moro in respect of the fraud charges arising from the conduct of the botched Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment in 2014. The judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, who had, in 2020 quashed seven out of the eleven count charge against…
President Muhammadu Buhari today received the report of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, which contains the new revenue formula for the country. The President however said he would await the final outcome of the constitutional review process before presenting the report to the National Assembly for enactment. The last review of the…
The National Union of Road Transport Workers has finally sacked Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya as the chairman of the Lagos state chapter. According to report by NewsGuru, the National Administrative Council of the union made this known in a statement titled ‘Dissolution of Lagos State Administrative Council’, jointly signed by its national president, Alhaji Tajudeen Baruwa,…
The Borno State Police Command and Directorate of State Security Services (DSSS) have charged Islamic clerics to preach for peaceful coexistence during the Ramadan fast. The Police Commissioner, Abdu Umar gave the charges, yesterday (Wednesday), in Maiduguri during a stakeholders’ meeting to regulate preaching of in mosques and other public functions. “This stakeholders’ meeting is…
Chamber of Commerce Accuse Police Commissioner of Contempt Oloyede Emmanuel Kano The Vice President, Kano Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, KACCIMA, Ambassador Usman H Darma has threatened to institute a contempt proceeding against Kano state Commissioner of Police and 4 other defendants for refusing to comply with Court Injunction in the Chamber Leadership…
